[ubuntu-uk] How to torrent on a remote machine

[Javad Ayaz]

so i can install this "debian" via a ubuntu pc?
obv il be using the screen for my buntu pc to install this...or am i doing
it blindly?
The NSLU2  dont really have much mem on board do they so i need a very small
OS right?


On 01/05/2008, Andrew Oakley <andrew at aoakley.com> wrote:
>
> Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > Sorry to be a pain...i know its been explained to me already...but im
> > not really a techie and im only starting out with buntu. :)
>
> It's great to have new people who are enthusiastic about Ubuntu. You
> might want to hold back from replying to each and every post, though,
> until you have read through the suggestions and spent a few hours trying
> them out ;-)
>
> > i use Ktorrent. Whats the best nslu2 to go for? from where? Im currently
>
> I think you're fundamentally not understanding what an NSLU2 is.
>
> An NSLU2 is a very small type of "headless" server. "Headless" means
> that it runs WITHOUT a monitor. There is no desktop, and usually no
> keyboard nor mouse either.
>
> So you can't run Ktorrent, because there is nothing to display it on [1].
>
> An NSLU2 has a Cat5 ethernet socket, for the network, and two USB
> sockets, typically used for external hard disk drives. And that's it.
> It's about the size of two CD cases. No VGA socket, so there is nowhere
> to connect a monitor to.
>
> So that begs the question... how do you use it, if there's no monitor,
> no mouse and no keyboard?
>
> The answer is, you connect to it from ANOTHER computer over the network,
> using either a web browser or the command line (the "command line" is
> also known as the "terminal", the "CLI command line interpreter", the
> "shell" or "ssh" [2]). You can access the command line in Ubuntu from
> the Applications menu - Accessories - Terminal.
>
> The web browser connection is fine if all you want to do is share an
> external USB drive over the network, but you won't be able to run
> torrents from the web browser.
>
> If you want to run torrents, you'll need install Debian Linux on it,
> which can only be done from the command line.
>
> What you want to do is pretty advanced (downloading torrents from an
> NSLU2). What I'd recommend is to learn to walk before you try to run.
> You will need to get used to using the command line first. You can
> practice using the command line on your existing Ubuntu machine. So,
> spend a couple of days learning how to use the command line:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=73885
>
> Next, install GNU Screen, so that programs you run on the command line
> can continue to work even when you close the terminal window:
>
> sudo apt-get install screen
>
> Learn how to use GNU Screen here:
>
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935
>
> Then try installing and using a web browser and a bittorrent client that
> you can use entirely and soley from the command line:
>
> sudo apt-get install bittorrent
> sudo apt-get install elinks
>
> For example, you could use these tools to download the Hardy install CD:
>
> screen
>
> elinks
> "http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent"
>
> btdownloadheadless.py "ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent"
>
> You can practice this on your existing Ubuntu desktop machine using the
> Terminal, before you buy an NSLU2.
>
> [1] Not strictly true - you could run a remote desktop using X-server or
> KDE over VNC. But that's WAY too advanced for today, and very difficult
> to achieve on an NSLU2.
>
> [2] There are technical differences between a terminal, a command line,
> a shell and an SSH session. Again, WAY too advanced for today.
>
> --
> Andrew Oakley
>
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